HOUSE AND GARDEN 
51 
July, 1915 
makes one think, nevertheless, of the old 
Colonial days when wood was something 
which literally had to be got rid of by 
one means or another before the fields 
could be cleared or tilled. 
In direct contrast is the fireplace in the 
den. Small and simple, like the room, 
which is compact and cosily low-ceiled, it 
is still deep-throated and capable of pro¬ 
ducing great heat in a short time. On 
cold mornings or chill, rainy autumn days 
this hearth, with its warm, red face and 
small hot blaze glowing back of the tall 
andirons, is cosier, more intimate than the 
roaring blaze which at other times appeals 
to other moods. 
Upstairs the hearths are all attractive 
and all of distinctive individuality. In one 
room the fireplace stands in an alcove. 
Exigencies of construction made two 
courses of brick desirable, thus raising the 
projecting hearth several inches from the 
floor. Instead of being objectionable, the 
effect is quite as if the thoughtful archi¬ 
tect had built with a kindly eye to the 
more comfortable and convenient toasting 
of toes. An easy chair drawn up, with 
well-filled book shelves on one hand and 
shaded lamp on the other, brings irresist¬ 
ibly to one’s mind a pleasant picture of 
the cosy bedtime hour, when a book and 
a pipe, or perhaps just ten minutes or so 
of relaxation, seem to make sleep so much 
the sounder. 
In another room, a smallish dressing- 
room, an interesting old steel basket grate 
filled with pine cones or light wood stands 
in the fireplace. At the touch of a match 
this flares up in a quick, hot blaze, warm¬ 
ing the room thoroughly on the frostiest 
of autumn mornings. 
Another of the seven hearths, and al¬ 
most the most picturesque of all, is the 
outdoor fireplace. It was, in a way, an 
afterthought, born of the desirability of 
breaking up the sheer, monotonous ex¬ 
panse of stonework on the east chimney. 
There being enough room for an extra flue, 
the problem was met by the addition of 
still another fireplace, which the wiseacres 
around the village store regard as quite 
the most freakish of all—a fireplace out- 
of-doors. From their point of view they 
may be right. No really useful purpose 
is served, no heating difficulty met by the 
presence of this delightful eccentricity. 
Nevertheless, on still, cold nights, when 
the air nips and the perennial, boyish love 
of a campfire rises strong within one, a 
mass of dry brush and branches is always 
ready for the lighting. A rough, square 
terrace flagged with wide, flat, weathered 
slabs makes a perfect spot on which to 
gather, chatting, laughing, singing, telling 
tales — perhaps just sprawling silent 
watching the yellow flames spout up the 
thirsty throat to flower from the chimney 
top in sprays of golden sparks that drift 
slowly across the spangled night until one 
by one they vanish. 
There are other hearths, each one of 
which has some distinctive feature. It 
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